Object Details
- associated person
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Johnson, Andrew
- Description
- Campaign flag supporting Republican candidates Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
- Lincoln had good reason to doubt his chances for reelection. No president since Andrew Jackson in 1832 had won a second term.
- The Democratic Party nominated Gen. George McClellan, whom Lincoln had removed from command. McClellan ran on an anti-Lincoln and anti-Emancipation Proclamation platform and left open the possibility of a negotiated peace with the South.
- As the election approached, Union triumphs on the battlefield helped propel Lincoln to victory. He declared the election results a mandate to press on for an unconditional victory and a constitutional amendment to end slavery.
- Gift of Ralph E. Becker, 1974
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
- by 1864
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1864.C01
- catalog number
- 227739.1864.C01
- accession number
- 227739
- Object Name
- banner, flag
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- red; white; blue; black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 8 in; 27.94 cm x 20.32 cm
- Related Publication
- Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Political Campaigns
- Record ID
- nmah_529726
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-789f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
